[Pkg-gpm-devel] Bug#291155: dpkg-reconfigure gpm doesn't work with read-only /usr

[Peter Samuelson]

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[Federico 'Derfel' Stella]
> dpkg-reconfigure gpm doesn't work with read-only /usr:

Is it expected to?  I see a lot of packages call install-info in their
postinst scripts - presumably all these would have exactly the same
bug, yes?  Was this a mass bug filing?

I guess it's philosophical: whether or not dpkg-reconfigure should skip
such things as install-info on the theory that this won't normally be
in need of repair.  There's an argument to be made for that, to be
sure, but I haven't heard it before.

Can you point me to an example of a package that changes /usr in its
postinst but only if not run via dpkg-reconfigure?

Thanks for the report,
Peter

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